The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-18
special Correspondence

Iddlter--Sence rltin you luI iTNlh INC
sect Of government, thar has been some
lcgislatin goin on Of preliminary car
ackter. but no results has been rcacht yit.
| hav uotist that when thar is long
session of congress in view, n takes us
statesmen about thre and haf times
longer to make up our minds. Than II does
in short session when we air crowced
fer time and hay got TO work Insted of
talkin.
Talkin is the balm Of statesmen.
Ell talkt one-third as long over selling
n woke Of yerlin steers as do over pass.n
n bill or not passin it, my farm would hav
morgidges onto it so deep that n four foot
bull tongue plow, pulled by six mule
teen, wouldn't moren scratch sueek IN
the sile And thars congressman here
that kin talk more in fifteen minutes than
| kin in eighteen months. But | amt
findin no fault with my colleges. States
men hav got to hav vent for ther sur
plus patriotism, and ef we was all dun
what would become Of national orretory,
and what would become Of The Congress
sional Record? Thar is a good many
printers earnin livin settin up the types
fer that valuble jurnal, and Their ockupa-
ton would be gone ef thar was no talkin.
| am fer the Workman yistiddy. today
and forever, and before ] would take even
n peace of pie out Of emmy of ther mouths
ide talk tell my tongue got corns onto II
and the hinges of my jaws was wore clean
out.
The presidents messidge is the prinsipel
event of the session so fer, and 10 has
caused a good deel Of comment per and
con. This tariff question heretofore
has always bothered me iist how 10 cit
myself fixed on it SOS | wouldent topple
over TO neither side. am III favor OF The
pore man gittin the very highest wages,
and at the same time buyin everything he
needed at the very lowest prices.
What the country needs is free trade
fer the buyers and perfection fer the sci
lers, and my idee Of a tariff reform is a
change in our present sistem that VIII glV
the nation sech a result. Il may not come
in my day. don't expect that it viii, but
my Children and my grand Children, and
yore Children and yore grand Children ar
comm right on and 10 is our duty 20 per
vide them az least with a foundation onto
which they kin bid superstructor that
will oontane all the modern comforts and
be monument Of politicle and economical
Architecture commanding the admiration and
praze Of the iutire sivilized world Ny
constituents air dey.ded between plane
agricultural farmers and sheep raisers,
and IL has been the studdy Of my public
life 10 lern how 10 harmonic them down
TO workin basis on this CRATE and all i'm
portant q lestioD, but 50 fer without suck
sesful result.
Another pint in the messidge is tetchin
the serplus in the treasury. The nation
rs nation Is maxim too mulch money,
and thar is loud call from all quarters
for devide of the proffets. We air gittin
to he a great national capitalist, and IN
that rcspeck we air liable TO become n
stencil in the Dostrals Of the poor man,
which is the most numerous aud respect
ibble class we bav, considered from a
yotin pint Of view. i am tharfore with
the people on this issbue. ] can't
clerly suggest how we air goin 10 cit
our sheer at this present time. but
the principel is right. and ] give my
voice With the majority IN demandin that
it be done, and that promptly and with
despatch, and shall be beerd In the halls
Of national legislation on this CRATE and
important subjeck at the appnted time.
Havin civ yOre Teeders what ] cOnsid-
der few statesmanlike an cOnvincin
arguments on this matter without elab-
beratin the detales, will now turn yoro
attention TO miner things of intrust
forgot TO mention in my last letter
that on the openin day of congress, !ist
after the prar by the chaplin, man got
up in the GALAXY and sung Praise God
from whom all blessings flow - II was
unushule, not to say unexpected, and
created some confusion, but TO me IT was
very Appropriate. heerd one man say
that the crank had made a mistake and
ought to have waited tell the end Of the
session TO do his singin, but treeted him
with silent contemp. Patriotism is gittin
at mighty low ebb, when every sitizen
Of this great and gloryous republic don't
think the Lord should be praised az The
time when the self sacrfisin Represents
tives of sixty milyuns Of free people meet
together fer the perpus Of leglslaiin on
our mutule intrusts collectively, and dom
n little log rollin individually fer them as
air not statesmen themselves, but air
willin TO help others to be pervidin they
air rot forgot when the pickins air BEN
distributed.
Sosiety is beginnin to open up Ike n
new millinary shop in the spring, and
slnes is numerous that the capital will
soon present a gay and giddy seen Of
frivolity and fashun. The wimmen OF
this CRATE and gloryous nation air too
hansum not TO want 10 cut wide swath
in the butiful green medders OF society
and am with them in that respeck
boldly, soul and britches
Mandy was here last winter, and after
she has got over her trip TO Drop and the
continent, line thinkin Of lettin her come
agin and adorn the ofiishal coteria in
which her husband shines with dazlin
brnyants. clipt that from a sosiety pa
per, Mr.. Edditer, aud you kin see it amt
in my ordinary stile of ritin. Speekin Of
Mandy's comm, I'm purity shore she ii be
here, fer she told me she was comm, and
after yers Of experients ! hav about con
Guided that Mandy's statements respecnn
herself are thorrowly reliable. Hense
that's why / stated aboy that l wus
thinkin Of letin her come. It's a nifty
good thing besides fer a statesman TO hav
his wife with him in WashintOn, fer
mans wife is his pride and De Kin show
off her good pints here TO stitch adyan-
ffAfra